Solidarity

At the Door to Europe There’s Slavery

A video by the Guardian’s Felicity Lawrence, in whose book Not On The Label I first read about El Ejido, on migrant farm workers in southern Spain. Quite good, though I have some concerns about her poking around the interiors of people’s homes without their permission (or that’s how the edit makes it appear.) She [...]


Francisco: “No es rentable.”

Francisco: "No es rentable."

This is posted as a farm visit, but really it’s a fragment of a conversation had in the road between greenhouses one evening in El Ejido. Thomas and I had set out with the goal of reaching the foothills of the mountains behind the city, which meant a good couple hours walk through the plastic. [...]


Emmanuel & John

Emmanuel & John

My first moments in El Ejido have been cruel. Walking one of the roads through the greenhouses that surround the city I find a small bird fluttering in the gutter. It’s wing is broken. I pass it by, trying to put out of mind what I know I should do. After a few steps though [...]